How to Use political action committee in a Sentence
political action committee
noun- The governor received over $3 million in campaign contributions from political action committees.
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He is believed to be the chief fundraiser for the Play by the Rules political action committee.
— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022 -
Then there is the issue of the lawyers’ bills largely being paid by Mr. Trump’s political action committee.
— Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023 -
The ad, the eighth of its kind from the political action committee, will also air nationally on Fox News and Newsmax.
— Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 28 July 2023 -
But the local union affiliates in many states can tap into the funds of the state union’s political action committee.
— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2022 -
Fortunately, in this case, a political action committee called Count the Vote put up the bucks.
— Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024 -
Scott Wagner, an ally of the governor, was named the new chair of the political action committee.
— Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023 -
The signs were paid for by Youngkin’s political action committee, Spirit of Virginia.
— Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023 -
Campaign records show a $6,500 payment by the owner of one of the firms to Pacheco’s political action committee and no contributions from the other business.
— Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The Catholic Church in Ohio is gearing up for this November’s election in a manner that in some ways resembles a political action committee.
— cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023 -
The political action committee has also endorsed Salinas and Val Hoyle, who is running in the 4th District.
— oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022 -
Looijen and Raj founded a political action committee called S.F. Guardians as an offshoot of the recall effort.
— Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2023 -
Both he and Duran, along with Meister, were endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee and sheriff’s deputies union.
— Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022 -
The political action committee Mothers Against Greg Abbott posted the call for action against the governor on its website and pushed it on social media last week.
— Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 24 July 2022 -
Around the same time, news reports indicated that Musk was prepared to spend around $45 million a month on a pro-Trump political action committee; Musk denied those reports.
— David Jackson, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024 -
From the outset of Masters' Senate run, Thiel committed millions to a political action committee to help boost Masters' chances.
— Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 -
Among them, the campaign could convert the funds into a political action committee or issue refunds to donors who would reallocate their gifts.
— Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 21 July 2024 -
His political action committee, Spirit of Virginia, is raising record amounts of cash.
— Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 13 July 2023 -
The political action committee, basically a PAC that is devoted to paying legal fees, and almost all of them are going to Trump.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023 -
And in 1983, he was tapped to lead the HRC, which was originally created as a political action committee that would raise money for candidates who pledged to support a gay civil rights bill.
— Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 -
Neither is taking funds from corporate political action committees in this race, though Schiff has in his past campaign.
— David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The fundraiser was for his new political action committee, Better Path Forward.
— Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022 -
He's also been dogged by legal bills and payments, with his campaign and the political action committees supporting him spending over $10 million in legal fees this year.
— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024 -
This month, the Trump campaign said the former president had raised more than $35 million in the second quarter through his joint fundraising committee, which then transfers the money to his campaign and to a political action committee.
— Rebecca Davis O’Brien, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023 -
Laxalt brought in more than $13 million and spent about $9 million during the same time period but was aided by an influx of political action committee funding.
— Rebecca Boone, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022 -
The ballot initiative has led to the formation of two rival political action committees.
— Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024 -
For the first time in months, even Save America, his political action committee, all but stopped pushing new polls, pitches and products to potential supporters.
— Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023 -
The governor has started both a state and national political action committee to help elect candidates up and down the ballot in November.
— Haris Alic, Fox News, 9 July 2022 -
The political action committee is waiting on legal advice about what services the group could fund, said Bryan Iverson, the committee’s director.
— Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 17 May 2023 -
Meanwhile, the political action committee Evangelicals for Harris, which includes Talarico, has been running digital ads featuring the vice president speaking about her faith.
— Eric Killelea, Chron, 14 Sep. 2024
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